The town budget of $10,964,750, which is an increase of 5.4 percent, passed easily 1,572-655.

All of the budget appropriations on the ballot were approved.

For the Bennington School Board, incumbent Jacquelin R. Prue, who got 876 votes, was re-elected, and new member Kelly P. Kennedy, who got 1,218 votes, will join the board.

Woodstock defeats economic position

WOODSTOCK — There were three articles of note in Woodstock that were voted by Australian ballot Tuesday. One was defeated and the other two passed.

Voters defeated an article to hire an economic coordinator to promote economic development in Woodstock, 520-361. The article asked for $50,000 to hire the coordinator in conjunction with Green Mountain Economic Development Commission.

Town Manager Tom Marsh said the treatment plant is about 20 years old and was in need of a complete overhaul. With the $2 million bond, the town will rebuild the facility’s clarifiers and a digester, the section of the plant that breaks down sewage to generate methane gas.

According to Marsh, taxpayers will see an increase between 3 and 4 percent a year to pay off the bond. Approximately 1,600 sewer customers are responsible for paying the bond, but the entire town voted on the bond question.